A for AndrewA de Antonio;to get from A to Bir de A a B;No. 32A(house)núm. 32 bis;núm. 32 duplicado;the A-Z of Management Techniquesel manual básico de Técnicas de Gestión;Técnicas de Gestión de la A a la Z

to know sth from A to Zconocer algo de pe a pa or de cabo a rabo

2(Mús)

Ala (m);A major/minorla mayor/menor;A sharp/flatla sostenido/bemol

3(Educ)sobresaliente (m)

modifier

A level (a)(Britain)(Educ)Advanced levelbachillerato (m)

to take three A levelspresentarse como candidato en tres asignaturas de A level;she has an A level in chemistrytiene un título de A level en química

I have a wife and six childrentengo mujer y seis hijos;have you got a passport?¿tiene usted pasaporte?;I haven't got a carno tengo coche;she's looking for a secretarybusca secretaria;she has a daughtertiene una hija;they have a lovely housetienen una casa preciosa

al lado del cinenext to the cinema;siéntate a mi ladosit next to me;sit beside me;nos pusimos a la sombrawe moved into the shade;está a siete km de aquíit is seven km (away) from here;de este a aquel no hay mucha diferenciathere's not much difference between this one and that one;a lo lejosin the distance

a la derechaon the right

a la izquierdaon the left

estar a la mesato be at table

estaba sentado a su mesa de trabajohe was sitting at his desk

al margen de lo que se dijo en la reunión

3(con expresiones de tiempo)(en un momento concreto)at

a las ochoat eight o'clock;a los 55 añosat the age of 55;¿a qué hora llega el tren?what time o when does the train arrive?;estamos a tres de julioit's the third of July;a la mañana siguientethe following morning

a la semanaa week later;al añoa year later;al año de vivir en Caracasafter living in Caracas for a year;a los pocos díasafter a few days;a few days later;"Cervantes, a los 400 años de su muerte""Cervantes 400 years after his death";"Cervantes 400 years on";a los 18 minutos de juegoin the 18th minute;18 minutes into the game;a la que te descuidas ...if you're not careful ...;before you know where you are ...

dos veces al díatwice a day;una vez a la semanaonce a week;día a día vamos mejorandowe're improving with every day;we're improving day by day

al

al entrar yowhen I came in;al verlo, lo reconocí inmediatamentewhen I saw him, I recognized him immediately;nos cruzamos al salirwe bumped into each other as we were going out;estar al llegarto be about to arrive;al no llegar a tiempo, quedamos fuera de la pruebasince we didn't arrive on time, we were eliminated from the race

a pie/caballoon foot/horseback;fui a pieI walked;fui a caballoI rode;a oscurasin the dark;a lápizin pencil;lo derribó a puñetazosshe knocked him to the ground;lo mataron a navajazosthey stabbed him to death;sabe a quesoit tastes of cheese;huele a vinoit smells of wine;es muy agradable al tactoit feels very nice

íbamos a más de 120km por horawe were going at o doing over 120km an hour

avanzar [palmo] a palmo

poco a pocolittle by little

6(indicando finalidad)(tras verbos)to

voy a verlaI'm going to see her;ha ido a por agua a la fuenteshe's gone to get some water from the fountain;empezó a cantarhe began to sing;he started singing;ha salido a tomar el aireshe's gone out for a breath of fresh air;vengo a que me den un impresoI've come to get a form

(tras sustantivos)

el criterio a adoptarthe criterion to be adopted;asuntos a trataritems to be discussed

precio a convenirprice negotiable

¿cuál es la cantidad a pagar?what do we have to pay?;este será el camino a seguirthis must be the path to take

7(con complemento de persona)(como complemento indirecto)to

¿le has dado el libro a él?did you give him the book?;did you give the book to him?

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